Treatment of Potato Processing Waste Water on Agricultural Land: Water and Organic Loading, and the Fate of Applied Plant Nutrients

Smith, J.H. and Robbins, C.W. and Bondurant, J.A. and Hayden, C.W. (1977) Treatment of Potato Processing Waste Water on Agricultural Land: Water and Organic Loading, and the Fate of Applied Plant Nutrients. pp. 769-781. In: Loehr, Raymond C. (ed.) Proc. 1976 Cornell Waste Manage. Conf. Land As A Waste Management Alternative. USA-NY-Rochester, 1976/04/28-30.

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Abstract

Potato processors discharge large volumes of wastewater that
contain large amounts of organic matter, suspended solids, and
various inorganic constituents including nitrogen, phosphorus,
and potassium (1, 2, 3). Until recently, the wastewater was discharged
into rivers and streams, but governmental regulations
now prohibit this practice. The potato processors must either
treat their wastewater to meet established quality standards before
discharging it into streams or find an alternative disposal
method. Irrigating agricultural cropland is the disposal and treatment
method that many potato processors have chosen.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
NWISRL Publication Number:	0371
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Potato Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:56
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2017 22:51
Item ID:	885
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/885